Though the deadline for serving Justin DiPietro expired Sunday, a Cumberland County Superior Court justice this week gave the attorney for her mother a 60-day extension so he can file notice via the newspaper.

An attorney for Trista Reynolds documented extensive efforts to locate Justin DiPietro, including the use of two private detectives, in court records asking for more time to serve him in a wrongful death lawsuit.

The girl disappeared seven years ago while in her father's care in Waterville, and is presumed dead. Her mother's lawyer says, ‘Justice will be finding out where Ayla was killed, how she was killed and why she was killed.’